Core and Group Health

Insurers want to know whether Congress can really kill payment obligations by simply refusing to provide funding.

The benchmark would limit charges for out-of-network care by pegging reimbursements to the median in-network rate.

On average, 16 percent of inpatient stays and 18 percent of emergency visits left a patient with at least one out-of-network charge.

The uninsured population would nearly double in the 34 states that have expanded Medicaid.

Four in 10 employers say they are making a major effort to reduce absenteeism, an 86 percent increase in the past four years.

Seventy percent of workers would share their health data with employers in return for personalized health management.